Improvement in washing-machines



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NATHAN F. REED, OF NORTH WOLCOTT, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,736, dated JunelO, 1873; application filed May 5, 1873. Y r

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, NATHAN F. REED, of North Wolcott, in the county of Lamoillev and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a' vertical crosssection of my improved machine taken through the line frm,

` Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe same taken through the line yy, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved washing-machine, simple in construction, convenient in use, easily opera-ted, and effective in operation, washin g the clothes quickly and thoroughly. The invention consists in the arrangement of the staples, the hook connecting-bars, and the levers, in connection with the roller-platform, roller-bot tom, and box, and in the combination of the levers, the cross-bar, the downwardly-projecting arms, the roller, and the hook ratchetbar, with the roller-platform, the roller-bottom, and the box, as hereinafter fully described.

4A represents the box of my improved machine, which is made rectangular in form, and is supported upon legs B of such a length `as tor raise the machine to aconvenient height.

O is a set of rollers, the journals ot which revolve in bars D of such a size that the rollers O may work clear of the bottom ot' the box A, and which form a roller-bottom to said box. E is a second set of rollers, the journals ot which revolve in bars F, which are made shorter than the bars D, and are connected by boards G, thus forming a roller-platform or rubbing-board. To the sides of the middle part of the platform G are secured staples H, upon which hook notches formed in the lower ends of the bars I, which are connected and held in their proper relative position by arod, J. The upper ends of the bars I are pivoted to the levers K or to a round connecting said levers. The lower ends of the levers K are upper ends of the levers K are connected by..

a round which serves as a handle for operating the machine. By this construction, by moving the upper ends of the levers K baci;` and forth the roller-platform E F G will be moved back and forth, rubbing vthe clothes between it and the roller-bottom C D, washing them quickly and thoroughly. L are two levers placed above `the edges or the sides ot' the box A, and their ends are pivoted to the end of the said box. To the middle parts of the levers L are attached the ends of a crossbar M, to which are attached the up; er ends of two 'downwardly-prtecting arms N, to and between the lower ends of which is pivoted the roller O. The free ends of the levers L are connected by a round, P, upon the middle part of which is hooked the hook formed upon the upper endA of bar Q.. Upon the inner edge of the lower part ofthe bar Qare formed ratchet-teeth which catch upon a catch-plate lt attached to the end of the bottom of the box A. By this construction, by adjusting the hook ratchet-bar Q, the roller-platrbrm E F G may be held down upon the clothes with any desired pressure.

Having thus .described my invention, `If

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-,- f

l. The arrangement of the staples El, hook connecting-bars I, and levers K, in connection with the roller-plattbrm E F G, roller-bottom (XD, and box A, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the levers L, crossbar M, arms N, roller O, and hook ratchet-bar Q, with the movable roller-platform E F G, roller-bottom C D, and box LA, substantially as herein shown and described.

NATHAN F. REED.

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GEO. J. SLAxroN D. A. REED. 

